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| author | des <des@FreeBSD.org> | 2011-09-27 18:42:09 +0000 |
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| committer | des <des@FreeBSD.org> | 2011-09-27 18:42:09 +0000 |
| commit | 36218c005590db91faf5512b555184080c5f69e9 (patch) | |
| tree | 130dd7fb3b7a30bfa9217e2f22165249d18fe88d /lib/libfetch/fetch.3 | |
| parent | 23b1a7445907e5a1c17a8896effea103a9908fe1 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-36218c005590db91faf5512b555184080c5f69e9.zip FreeBSD-src-36218c005590db91faf5512b555184080c5f69e9.tar.gz | |
Think first, commit second.
1. Allow the caller to select active mode.
2. Fix the envar logic so it *always* overrides the caller's flags.
3. Document the change from active to passive.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libfetch/fetch.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libfetch/fetch.3 | 20 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 b/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 index aaf1a8d..53bd686 100644 --- a/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 +++ b/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 @@ -318,9 +318,19 @@ and implement the FTP protocol as described in RFC959. .Pp If the +.Ql P +(not passive) flag is specified, an active (rather than passive) +connection will be attempted. +.Pp +The .Ql p -(passive) flag is specified, a passive (rather than active) connection -will be attempted. +flag is supported for compatibility with earlier versions where active +connections were the default. +It has precedence over the +.Ql P +flag, so if both are specified, +.Nm +will use a passive connection. .Pp If the .Ql l @@ -475,9 +485,11 @@ connections will be bound. .It Ev FTP_LOGIN Default FTP login if none was provided in the URL. .It Ev FTP_PASSIVE_MODE -If set to anything but +If set to .Ql no , -forces the FTP code to use passive mode. +forces the FTP code to use active mode. +If set to any other value, forces passive mode even if the application +requested active mode. .It Ev FTP_PASSWORD Default FTP password if the remote server requests one and none was provided in the URL. |
